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Emily Woodbury Dogs have always had a knack for finding bones. Trained dogs can sniff out explosives, drugs, victims of disasters. On this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with the owners of some canine archeologists who put their bone finding skills to good use. The founders of Samaritan Detection Dogs use trained dogs to help in some unusual ways with archaeological research, conservation work, and human remains cases. "Generally you get them so the wind is in their face, and it's kind of amazing," says Brett Sorrells, co-founder and police officer in Washington, Iowa. "They claim, and I believe, that a dog can clear about an acre a minute." Sorrells, along with co-founder Jim Peters and historian Michael Zahs, first took the dogs out to a cluster of burial mounds near Iowa River in Washington County. The mounds contain human remains up to 2000-years-old. "They all zeroed in on one mound in particular, and what blew me away is that every dog looked up into a tree," says Zahs. "ILike a Dog After a Bone: Search & Rescue Dogs Find 2000-Year-Old Remainshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/dog-after-bone-search-rescue-dogs-find-2000-year-old-remains
79167 as http://iowapublicradio.orgWed, 24 Aug 2016 22:13:01 +0000Like a Dog After a Bone: Search Emily Woodbury, Sarah Boden Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach and a military service dog, a golden lab named Casey, faced more than 150 missions together in Afghanistan, sweeping roads for bombs in the south Helmand Province. Today on River To River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Sgt. Gundlach about his experience and reunification with Casey in Iowa earlier this month. Also, anthropologist Matt Hill of the University of Iowa, on what makes our relationship with dogs so unique. The Human-Dog Connectionhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/human-dog-connection
21706 as http://iowapublicradio.orgFri, 31 May 2013 20:11:08 +0000The Human-Dog ConnectionBen KiefferThousands of veterans have returned from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Nightmares or flashbacks, angry outbursts, and hyper vigilance are common symptoms. In addition, many veterans also have to learn to live with physical injuries. A Des Moines-based not-for-profit called Paws & Effect is helping some Iowa veterans live better lives by training and placing psychiatric service and mobility dogs. In this encore presentation of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with combat veteran Wade Baker and the organization’s executive director Nicole Shumate. We'll also meet Honor, one of the four-legged graduates of Paws & Effect. Combat veterans helped by service dogshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/combat-veterans-helped-service-dogs
18023 as http://iowapublicradio.orgThu, 21 Mar 2013 20:10:41 +0000Combat veterans helped by service dogsBen KiefferThousands of veterans have returned from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Nightmares or flashbacks, angry outbursts, and hyper vigilance are common symptoms. In addition, many veterans also have to learn to live with physical injuries. A Des Moines-based not-for-profit called Paws and Effect is helping some Iowa veterans live better lives. Sgt. Wade Bakers solid physique and square jaw contrast nicely with the dark, lithe form of Honor, the young psychiatric service dog at his side.For the past 18 months, the slender black lab has been trained not only to help those with limited movement, but also to help mitigate PTSD. Honor graduated a month ago and was given to Baker, a combat veteran of the Gulf War. Once Baker got out of the military, he says his PTSD symptoms became much worse.I turned to drugs, I even turned to pornography, just any vice I could find that would keep the endorphins flowing in my brain, to shut me down when I Service dogs help combat veterans cope http://iowapublicradio.org/post/service-dogs-help-combat-veterans-cope
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